[Live-demo] Retiring GPS-Drive from OSGeo-Live

[Angelos Tzotsos]

On 02/08/2016 12:12 PM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As raised in the last few OSGeo Live weekly meetings, we are proposing that
>> GPS-Drive should be retired and not included in the next OSGeo-Live release.
>>
>> This is based upon:
>> 1. GPS Drive has outstanding issues resulting in it not being able to be
>> installed: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1601
>>
>> 2. We have not been able to connect with anyone from the GPS Drive
>> community.
>>
>> 3. From OpenHub metrics, it appears that GPS-Drive hasn't had anyone
>> contributing to the project for a few years:
>> http://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html
>>
>> If anyone has reason to suggest that GPS-Drive should stay (and is also
>> prepared to help getting it working), then please speak up now.
>>
>> Proposal:
>> That GPS-Drive be retired from OSGeo-Live.
>>
>> Cameron +1
> Johan: +1
>
> gpsdrive has been removed from debian for the same reason:
> https://bugs.debian.org/809674
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+1
Angelos

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